Doing it ourselves might have the same effect though - “oh well, they have their own driver they are happy with”

I wasn’t around that early, was ndiswrapper, bad?

Could the kernel makers create some sort of sandbox to run Windows drivers in - so we ride on Windows coat tails until true Linux drivers are available? Or is the Windows, um DPI (driver program interface) just too different to allow that?

Edit: Then we use the Windows drivers an make loud noises to the hardware mfg that we would really rather have a Linux driver and that they would sell many more of their $hardware if they make one.

A minister whose job is to promote AI and also promote Privacy - seems like a built-in conflict of interests.

It did add some superlatives, almost as though it had an ego.

Tell me more. Why?

However, in the art arena AI is frustrating when you need a very specific image and not just a ‘a tree a dog a bird and a farmhouse’ AI art is getting better with text in the image but still makes some mistakes there. AI does poorly when you try to use it as a search engine : “What movie had a ball shaped robot” might bring back any answer. Warning though - AI is getting better at hands and spurious limbs.

What is AI good for - Images that are suitable for screen backgrounds, Creative text work - I had chatgpt work with me on a procedure to un-mothball a starship, it suggested details I did not think of. I had chatgpt also read and suggest re-wording and correction on text for documentation. I fed it a chapter at a time and proofread the output carefully to mitigate hallucination.

Here is the text above after a chatgpt re-write:

AI excels at creating stunning screen backgrounds and tackling creative text work. For example, I worked with ChatGPT to craft a procedure for un-mothballing a starship, and it offered valuable details I hadn’t considered. It’s also a fantastic tool for refining documentation—I had it review and reword chapters, carefully proofreading to ensure accuracy. The results were efficient, insightful, and elevated the final product.

Oh, also this is not an industrial setting with a computer controlling some heavy equipment. This is a nostalgia lab. MSDOS was the thing when I was around 22 or so.

I am still figuring out DOS networking.
Update - The on-board Ethernet is a Realtec of some sort

Anyone remember the castaway? The adventures of a guy on a one-tree desert island.

My dedicated machine ignores disk swap on 2 of the 3 USB drives I have. The third one seems to be ok though.

This is The Way.

FreeDOS is running on a dedicated i5 desktop with 8gb ram. I wanted to get a period correct desktop machine to run MSDOS 6.22 but all the “Electronic Surplus” places have all dried up. So I built the least powered machine I could (Well I could have used an i3, but the difference in price was only $10.00. I only put in 1 of the smallest memory sticks they had …)

I have a dos running in DOSBOX, but it’s not the same as real hardware, and it’s not easy to use a usb floppy drive with it. With my dedicated machine I can even boot from floppy if I want/need to.

RIP Weird Stuff, Halted Specialties, The one that used to be near the Oakland Airport and others I remember but don’t remember their names. Not to mention the internet famous one in Texas - Computer Reset. Oh, now I am sad.

My production laptop is Debian, as is my server so I guess that would be the way to go then.

A Bard, an advanced story teller, One who draws pictures of things that never were (people with 3 arms for example), Lore from Star Trek. Don’t give it power to do anything on its own, always monitor it.

I refuse to let gaming preferences dictate my choice of operating system. I choose my OS first—Linux—because I demand full ownership of my computing environment. If an entity can extract data without your knowledge or control updates, shutdowns, or reboots against your will, they own your machine—not you. With Linux, I own my system entirely. I decide when updates happen, I control what data—if any—leaves my computer, and nothing happens without my explicit consent. My computer works for me, not someone else.

I have not progressed to the point where I can manage a structured language interpreter. The language I would write is sort of like assembler for a machine that works in Doubles.

Yes, Team Konsole!

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